[Info-vax] Oracle loses appeal in HP/Oracle Lawsuit

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/4/2013 12:28 PM, Keith Parris wrote:
> After Phase 1 of the HP Oracle lawsuit, which determined that there was
> indeed a contract between HP and Oracle that required Oracle to support
> its software on Itanium systems, Oracle appealed the decision. If their
> appeal were successful, that would be the end of the case.
>
> But Oracle’s appeal was denied last Thursday by the California 6th
> District Court of Appeals (see
> http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/disposition.cfm?dist=6&doc_id=2027505&doc_no=H038880).
>
>
> So Phase 2 of the trial will now proceed, which is to determine if
> Oracle breached the contract and if so, what damages are due HP. A
> pre-trial hearing is scheduled for March 20 and the trial is scheduled
> to begin April 8, according to the “Update for HP-Oracle Joint
> Customers” on HP’s website at
> http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/us/en/systems/customer-oracle.html.
>
> The San Jose Mercury News article on this is at
> http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22498649/judge-denies-oracle-attempt-end-hewlett-packards-itanium.
> Computerworld’s report is at
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236432/Oracle_loses_appeal_of_ruling_in_HP_suit.

Which is semi-good for HP.

It is better to win in court than to loose in court.

But having to sue ISV's to get them to support your platform is
not a good situation to be in.

Arne